{"id":175252,"date":"2023-04-04T12:51:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T22:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=175252"},"modified":"2023-04-04T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T22:51:42","slug":"inouye-chair-melissa-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/04\/inouye-chair-melissa-murray\/","title":{"rendered":"Reproductive rights expert, Inouye chair completes residence at UH<\/abbr> law school"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Melissa Murray, a professor at New York University School of Law, completed a weeklong residency at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> as the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals March 20–24, 2023. She is a leading expert in constitutional law, family law, and reproductive rights and justice.<\/p>\n

Murray\u2019s weeklong residency featured a presentation on her co-authored article, Dobbs and Democracy, visits to classes at the UH<\/abbr> law school and UH<\/abbr> Mānoa\u2019s American Studies department, a talk with students at an event co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society, and a lunch with faculty and students of Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law<\/a>, where Murray offered advice about pursuing social justice in a legal environment dominated by a conservative Supreme Court supermajority.<\/p>\n

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At the culmination of the week, Murray and her co-hosts Professors Leah Litman (Michigan Law School) and Kate Shaw (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) recorded an episode<\/a> of the award-winning “Strict Scrutiny<\/a>” podcast before a live audience at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa. The episode, available online<\/a> and on major streaming platforms, included a segment with special guest U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono. It also featured the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Supreme Court\u2019s recent application of “the right to a life-sustaining climate system” in the Hu Honua case, and highlighted the UH<\/abbr> law school\u2019s Ka Huli Ao Center\u2019s “pathbreaking work at the intersection of Native Hawaiian rights and environmental law.”<\/p>\n

Murray began her residence virtually in October 2022 with a keynote presentation moderated by UH<\/abbr> law school Dean Camille Nelson<\/strong> titled “Unpacking the Court: What Does a Conservative Super-majority Mean for the Court and America?”<\/p>\n

More information about the appointment is available at the UH<\/abbr> law school<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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